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Insightful Offers Free Download of S-PLUS Student Edition

Insightful Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for data analysis, and e-Academy, a market leader in software site-license distribution for higher education, announced that S-PLUS, a comprehensive statistical analysis software, is now available for free student download, or for $20.00 on CD-ROM using e-Academy's controlled distribution system.

This program is expected to rapidly increase the adoption of S-PLUS as the standard analytic tool of choice in classrooms at universities nationwide.

"Cutting the cost of the S-PLUS Student Version will dramatically increase the number of people prepared for sophisticated data analysis projects," said Peter Hallett, vice president of marketing and business development, of Insightful. "This benefits the student, the university, future employers and Insightful. Once someone learns S-PLUS they love the productivity and flexibility it provides which will create commercial demand for our software."

"It is important for software vendors, like Insightful, to make their cutting-edge products available at low or no cost for use by students. This allows instructors to pair the best textbooks and on-line teaching materials with award-winning software like S-PLUS. These programs provides students with the tools they need to successfully complete their academic work and transition into the commercial world easily," said Roy Welsch, Professor of Statistics and Management, M.I.T. Sloan School of Management.

Availability

The S-PLUS Student Edition complements the existing Insightful university site-license policy by making it free for verified students (download version only, 130MB) to install a one-year, dataset-size limited version of S-PLUS 6.0 for their personal computer. For convenience a CD-ROM version is available for $20US plus postage. For details visit www.insightful.com/eacademy.

About Insightful

Insightful Corporation provides enterprises with scalable data analysis solutions that drive better decisions faster by revealing patterns, trends and relationships. The company is a leading supplier of software and services for statistical data mining, business analytics and information retrieval enabling clients to gain information superiority.

Insightful products include S-PLUS, StatServer, S-PLUS Analytic Server and VisiMine. These products add sophisticated data analysis and prediction into data warehousing and business intelligence initiatives. Insightful consulting services provide specialized expertise and proven processes for the design, development and deployment of customized analytical solutions. The company has been delivering data analysis solutions for over a decade to thousands of companies in financial services, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, telecommunications, manufacturing, plus government and research institutions.

Headquartered in Seattle, Insightful has offices in New York City, North Carolina, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom with distributors around the world. For more information, visit www.insightful.com, email info@insightful.com or call 206-283-8802.

Contact Insightful Corporation Seattle, Judy McOstrich, 206-283-8802 x356, jmcostrich@insightful.com.